What is Narrative Social Research and What is it Good For? Tuesday, November 11, 2008Noon
134 Varner Hall
Oakland University

The Educational Imaginary and the Ethics of
Narrative ResearchTuesday, November 11, 2008
6pm
134 Varner Hall
Oakland University

About the Speaker
(View Dr. Barone's CV)
Tom Barone is a Professor of Education at Arizona State University. Nearly 30 years ago,
Barone’s dissertation at Stanford University investigated the possibilities of literary non-fiction for
researching and writing about educational matters. Since then he has explored, conceptually and
through examples, a variety of narrative and arts-based approaches to theorizing about and
contextualizing significant educational issues.
Barone is the author of Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry: Essays and Examples and
Touching Eternity: The Enduring Outcomes of Teaching. He is currently co-authoring a book with
Elliot Eisner of Stanford University entitled Imagination and Method: Arts-Based Forms of
Qualitative Research. Barone teaches courses in curriculum studies and qualitative research
methods in the Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.

Sponsored byCollege of Arts and Sciences
Oakland University Department of Music, Theatre & Dance
Oakland University School of Education and Human Services
A generous gift from an anonymous alumni donor

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